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enReligious Leaders Press Village Voice on Sex Ads http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2012/03/30/religious-leaders-press-village-voice-sex-ads
<p>Religious leaders on Thursday (March 29) delivered more than 230,000 signatures to the office of Village Voice Media, demanding the company shut down the adult advertising section on its website, Backpage.com, where advertisements for sex with underage minors have appeared.</p><div>"As a mother and as a member of the clergy, I am outraged by Village Voice Media's continued refusal to shut down Backpage.com's adult section, even after being confronted with evidence that girls and teens have been advertised for sex on the site," said the Rev. Katharine Henderson, president of Auburn Seminary and a leader of the petition.</div><p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2012/03/30/religious-leaders-press-village-voice-sex-ads" target="_blank">read more</a></p>backpageGod's PoliticsminorsSex TraffickingVillage VoiceHuman RightsLife and PeaceFri, 30 Mar 2012 15:36:43 +0000Annalisa Musarra37649 at http://www.sojo.netResponsible Adultshttp://www.sojo.net/magazine/2012/03/responsible-adults
<p>Clergy to Village Voice: It's not okay to help the sex traffickers.</p><p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/magazine/2012/03/responsible-adults" target="_blank">read more</a></p>InternettraffickingVillage VoiceHuman RightsLife and PeaceCommentaryThu, 01 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000Elizabeth Palmberg36520 at http://www.sojo.netBackPage and "Baby Face": Stop Human Traffickinghttp://www.sojo.net/blogs/2012/01/26/backpage-and-baby-face-stop-human-trafficking
<p>In his column for the <em>New York Times</em>, Nicolas Kristof tells the story of a 13-year-old girl in Brooklyn he calls “Baby Face." She had been sent into an apartment building by a pimp to meet a customer.</p><p>But, after being sold for sex five to nine times a day and beaten with a belt when she failed to bring in enough money, she told prosecutors later she was in too much pain to be raped by a john again.</p><p>Instead, she pounded on a stranger’s door and begged to use a phone. She called her mother and then 911.</p><p>Kristof <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/how-pimps-use-the-web-to-sell-girls.html?_r=2" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/how-pimps-use-the-web-to-sell-girls.html?_r=2" target="_blank"> writes</a>:</p><blockquote><p><i>The episode also shines a spotlight on how the girl was marketed — in ads on Backpage.com, a major national Web site where people place ads to sell all kinds of things, including sex. It is a godsend to pimps, allowing customers to order a girl online as if she were a pizza.</i></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2012/01/26/backpage-and-baby-face-stop-human-trafficking" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BackPage.comGod's Politicshuman traffickingNew York TimesNicolas KristofprostitutionVillage VoiceHuman RightsLife and PeaceThu, 26 Jan 2012 17:36:40 +000036331 at http://www.sojo.net